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Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italian-American composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Italian-American composer and librettist (1911–2007)
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Born | (1911-07-07)July 7, 1911 Cadegliano-Viconago, Italy |
Died | February 1, 2007(2007-02-01) (aged 95) Monaco |
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Years active | 1933–1995 |
Partner | Samuel Barber (1928–1970) |
Gian Carlo Menotti (, Italian:[ˈdʒaŋˈkarlomeˈnɔtti]; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas.
Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship.[1][2] One of the most frequently performed opera composers of the 20th century, he wrote his most successful works in the 1940s and 1950s.[3] Highly influenced by Giacomo Puccini and Modest Mussorgsky, Menotti further developed the verismo tradition of opera in the p